Acting
Shika Saito
Acting credits
NROn the night of the Sanja Festival, a bloodstained wallet left in the hands of a female pickpocket… The boss’s sinister grasp closing in on an innocent dancer, and the passion and deadly battle unleashed by the righteous hero of Asakusa…
Troupers of Asakusa
1955
A state-sponsored film featuring singers who embodied the joys of rural life.
The Sky Is Blue
1943
Depicts the bereaved families of soldiers sent to the front.
Fushi sakura
1944
NRA silk mill worker living through a dark and twisted youth… What is chastity? A powerful work that speaks to society through the anguished expression of a woman twisted by torment.
Toki no teizo: Sōshūban
1952
NREnoken's first film at Daiei.
Enoken no bikkuri shakkuri jidai
1948
NRA yakuza man who dreads being released from prison, yet the day of his release arrives. Awaiting him are a woman’s burning gaze and the muzzle of a gangster’s gun…
Escape Between Midnight and Dawn
1950
No synopsis available yet.
Hanayome no shōtai
1947
Princess Yuzuki, the only daughter of Moonlight Castle had no shortage of people asking for her hand. Finally, unable to bear it any longer, the princess asked the astrologer Priest Jien to divine who her future husband would be. He replied, “The man who touches the rose that blooms at night in the castle will become your husband.” That night, Princess Yuzuki went out to watch the Harvest Festival dance and was accosted by a drunken man. Just then, a young man named Yoshimaru, riding a horse and accompanied by two retainers, appeared dashingly and rescued the princess. Yoshimaru fell in love with her charm at first sight and tried to pluck a rose blooming beneath her window to present to her, but failed. Soon after, following the princess’s wish to choose a husband based on character rather than reputation, a public notice reading “Seeking a Husband for Princess Yuzuki” was posted.
The Thief of Moonlight Castle
1948
NRDepicting a family during wartime.
Wagaya no kaze
1943
NRA realistic film that sharply portrays a cross-section of postwar society.
Platform at Night
1948
1946 Japanese movie.
Ojōsama o te o
1946
No synopsis available yet.
Machi no ninkisha
1946
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Little Green Box
1947
A counterintelligence film about an American spy who conspires to spread infectious bacteria inside a Japanese factory.
You Are Being Targeted
1942